Canada must commit to action for caribou, or risk losing them

By Rachel PlotkinMar. 13, 2019

The status quo is not working and inertia is wiping away Canada’s wildlife. We need to set limits to our activities that do not put our future at risk.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna can recommend protective measures under the Species at Risk Act if provinces are failing to protect caribou habitats. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Here we are well into the new year, but for caribou in Canada, the question is an old one: will it bring any new land-management strategies? Will provinces and territories finally do what it takes to protect the boreal forest, their home?

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